Orthodontists Earn More Than CEOs: 10 Facts About Wages in America

By

Eric Morath

Apr 1, 2014 2:45 pm ET

The average U.S. orthodontist earns $196,270. The average CEO makes $178,400.

Those numbers, released Tuesday by the Labor Department, might come as a shock in some boardrooms. But they probably don’t catch parents of crooked-teeth teenagers off guard. Both positions counted among the nation’s ten best-paying occupations last year, according to a ranking of 821 jobs tracked by the government.

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